Capture the luminous beauty of native seagrapes in this vibrant acrylic painting workshop. Inspired by sunlit coastal foliage, this class focuses on bold color, glowing highlights, and organic forms. With step-by-step guidance, students will explore layering techniques to build depth in overlapping leaves, blending for soft, radiant highlights, and using warm and cool contrasts to create a dynamic focal point. You’ll also learn how to add expressive vein details that bring movement and life to your composition while balancing realism with a painterly style. Perfect for beginners and intermediate painters alike. Templates will be available, or you can paint freely. Students will complete an 11” x 14” canvas. All materials included.
 
Location: Jupiter, Florida
Instructor: Cherie Blickenstaff
Cost: $65
Sponsor: The New Studio for the Visual Arts
Website, email, 561-295-5712

Join professional painters John Ball and Mark Baral for Color and Light in the Landscape, an Artist’s Connection Event at the Brush and Sketch Studio in Pensacola, FL. Through demonstrations, discussion, and critique, the artists will explore how light and color shape the landscape, how figures can strengthen a landscape composition, and how studio paintings are developed from plein air sketches and studies. Attendees are also encouraged to bring their own landscape sketches for thoughtful feedback and problem solving. This welcoming event is designed to help artists gain practical insight, fresh ideas, and meaningful connections with fellow painters.
 
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Instructor: John Ball & Mark Baral
Cost: $525
Sponsor: The Brush and Sketch Studio
Website, email, 850 741-8788 or 850 380-9087